Sergei Polunin
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After making an explosive impact in the world of ballet, Natalia Osipova is experimenting with contemporary choreographers – and dancing opposite her offstage partner Sergei Polunin – in a triple bill that she commissioned herself
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He’s the bad boy of ballet, she’s the Royal’s Russian superstar. Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin talk about fear, pain and falling in love on the dance floor
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In ballet, real-life romance is the enemy of onstage chemistry
Lyndsey WinshipSo, Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin are a couple. But the passion of dancers should be about scaling dizzy heights, not curling up with a box set
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Dickens adaptation from In the Loop director announced to coincide with BBC’s celebration of milestone for its successful feature film arm
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David LaChapelle captures the Ukrainian dancer’s battle to make peace with his talent – and in another viral video, Baryshnikov partners Lil Buck
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A spate of defections between Covent Garden and the rival company at the Coliseum, and dancers leaving to work overseas, are the latest troubles to hit an art under pressure
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Sergei Polunin's jaded performance in Roland Petit's Coppélia is a symptom of ballet's current malaise, writes Luke Jennings
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The outstanding Sergei Polunin deserves better than this hammy production of Coppelia, writes Judith Mackrell
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Photographer Tristram Kenton is granted exclusive access to the all-star Stanislavsky Ballet as they prepared for first night
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Judith Mackrell: It's a term as elastic as he is – is it deserved? And who else would you nominate, and why?
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Top performer who walked from Midnight Express will dance principal role with Stanislavsky Ballet in London
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Roberta Marquez is impeccable as Nikiya for the Royal Ballet, while Johan Christensen makes the most of the role abandoned by Sergei Polunin, writes Luke Jennings
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The sudden departure of Sergei Polunin has vaulted a very lacklustre production into a very undeserved spotlight, writes Judith Mackrell
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Sergei Polunin: what's really going on?
Judith MackrellDespite claims that he's on the straight and narrow, the talented young dancer has quit a new show days before opening night. Is ballet culture itself to blame?
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Ukrainian dancer fails to turn up for rehearsals for London ballet version of Midnight Express
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Sergei Polunin and Tamara Rojo make a prodigal return to the Royal Ballet, leaving Luke Jennings spellbound
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In the second of a series of interviews with the newsmakers of 2012, Alex Needham speaks to the star who shocked the ballet world in January
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Ukrainian who stunned the dance world by quitting the Royal Ballet says he is bored of rehearsals and wants a normal life
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The spirit of Nijinsky whirled through a display of male virtuosity that could be Sergei Polunin's swansong, writes Luke Jennings
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Ukrainian principal dancer has been stripped of his work permit following his shock resignation from the Royal Ballet, writes Matt Trueman
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Resignation of young Ukrainian billed as the next Nureyev has stumped the ballet world
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Judith Mackrell: The Ukranian prodigy's resignation has shocked the ballet world – but the clues were there that something wasn't right
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Twitter feed of Royal's youngest ever principal, who was compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov, had suggested dissatisfaction
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The Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal stuns the dance world with abrupt decision to leave the company with immediate effect
Pointe break: ballet's destructive power laid bare in Sergei Polunin documentary